Improvement in barley or gavel-forks



tluited met DENNIS P. SHARP, or

ITHACA, NEW YORIL' Leiters .Patent No. 102,598, dated May 3,1870.

IMPROVEMENT IN- BARLEY IOR, G-AVEL-FORKS.

thereof, which will enable others skilledin the art to make and use thesame, reference being:r had to the accompanying .drawings fmming part ofthis spec-ification.

This invention relates to a new and useful improvenient in gavell orbarley-forks ,Hand/consists in the peculiar manner of itsiconstruction,whereby a better, stronger, and cheaper fork is obtained, as will behereinafter more fully desciibed.

It has'been found by constant use that the teeth or tines of lsimilarforks have a tendency to loosen, and by heavy loads, being forced apartfrom their proper place on the bar which supports or holds the tines. Toavoid and remedy these difficulties my invention consists.

A -is the handle of the fork attached to the har B, and rnade'remoyableby means of the screw b and nut c, in case it becomes broken, or 'ifnecessary to substitute handles of different lengths or sizes.-

C C are the braces running through the handle A, and fitted at theirother` ends to the bar B.

B is the ba'r or cross-piece which holds the tines D D D D, said tinesbeing made to tit firmly to the bar B, and made at their ends in form tofit in holes or socketsin the lbarB, and held firmly` in place by pinsThis'nianner of attaching the tines is thought to be mitch better andmaking afar more durable tine. and `less liable to break or loosen, asis too often the case with forks of ordinary make.

E is the brace-rod or bar vrunning through the tines D D D D, whichconstitutes one of the principal features of my invention and isintended to keep the tines in their-proper position upon ,the bar B, andalso to obviate the dificulty heretofore experienced by the spreadingand loosening of theltines.

Having thus fully described my invention,

IVhat I claim and desire vto secure by Letters Patent isfork whosetines. are so bent that the' points terminate at right angles to thehandle and' secured on.'

the under side of the head B by pins e and wire brace E, running throughthe center of said tines at the be lgrinning `or center ofthe curve, allarranged to operate for the purpose-specified.

DENNIS I.A SHARP.v

NVitnesses S. L. VosBoRGH, C. B. BROWN.

